[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Bethel as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 338.
[Adopted 9-18-1973 by Ord. No. 50]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Bethel, Delaware
County, Pennsylvania, constituting the "Municipal Authority" of said
Township as defined in the Municipal Authorities Act of 1945 (the
Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented)[1], hereby signifies its intention to organize an Authority
under the provisions of said Act.
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Editor's Note: Said Act was repealed by 6-19-2001 by P.L.
287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601.
The name of the proposed Authority is "Bethel Township, Delaware
County, Sewer Authority". In pursuance of said intention, the Articles
of Incorporation of the said Authority hereby are approved and adopted
in the following form:
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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BETHEL TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY, SEWER AUTHORITY
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
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In compliance with the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945
(the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented) the
Township of Bethel, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to an
ordinance duly enacted by the Board of Supervisors of said Township
authorizing and directing the formation of an Authority under said
Act, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
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(a)
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The name of the Authority shall be "Bethel Township, Delaware
County, Sewer Authority."
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(b)
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The said Authority is formed under the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945.
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(c)
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No other Authority has been organized under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945 or under the Act approved June 28, 1935, P.L.
463 or is in existence in and for said Township of Bethel.
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(d)
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The name of the incorporating municipality is the Township of
Bethel, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; the names and addresses of
its municipal authorities are as follows:
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Names
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Titles
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Addresses
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Fred S. Suloff
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Chairman
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3329 Foulk Road
Boothwyn, PA 19061
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Vernon E. Booth
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Supervisor
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3490 Dorothy Drive
Boothwyn, PA 19061
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Robert Miller
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Supervisor
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1444 Garnet Mine Road
Boothwyn, PA
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(e)
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The names and addresses and terms of office of the first members
of the Board of said Authority are as follows:
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Name
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Address
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Term of Office
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Dr. Edward McLaughlin
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3112 Garnet Mine Road
Boothwyn, PA 19061
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Five years
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William H. Pritchard
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3074 Booth Drive
Boothwyn, PA 19061
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Four years
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James Poulicci
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1007 Kirk Road
Boothwyn, PA 19061
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Three years
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John L. King
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1018 Valley View Road
Boothwyn, PA 19061
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Two years
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Douglas J. Knierim
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1651 Garnet Mine Road
Boothwyn, PA 19061
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One year
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The terms of office of the first members of the Board of said
Authority shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed
from the first day of January 1974.
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The said Authority is organized for the purpose only to acquire,
hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own and lease, either
in the capacity of lessor or lessee, sewers, sewer systems or parts
thereof, sewerage treatment works, including works for treating and
disposing of industrial waste, in and for the Township of Bethel,
and such other territory as it may be authorized to serve, and shall
exercise all of the powers granted to an Authority organized for such
purpose by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 under which it
is organized.
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(g)
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The term of existence of said Bethel Township, Delaware County,
Sewer Authority shall be for a period ending on March 15, 2045.
[Added 5-9-1995 by Ord. No. 126] |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Township of Bethel, Delaware County,
Pennsylvania, has caused these Articles of Incorporation to be duly
executed on behalf of said Township of Bethel, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
by its proper officers hereunto duly authorized and under its municipal
seal this 18th day of September 1973.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF DELAWARE
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On this _____ day of _______________, 1973, before me a Notary
Public in and for the said Commonwealth, personally appeared the above
named Fred S. Suloff, Vernon E. Booth and Robert Miller, whose official
positions in the Township of Bethel, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
are respectively Chairman and members of the Board of Supervisors
of said Township, and Constance Meli, the Secretary of said Township,
who, in due form of law, acknowledged the foregoing Articles of Incorporation
to be the act and deed of the Township of Bethel, Delaware County,
Pennsylvania, for the purposes therein specified.
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Notary Public
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The first members of the Board of the Township of Bethel, Delaware
County, Sewer Authority, named in the aforesaid Articles of Incorporation,
hereby are specifically appointed members of said Board for the terms
of office set after their respective names, which terms shall commence
on the date of appointment and shall be computed from the first day
of January 1974.
Bethel Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority shall be organized
for the purpose only to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain,
operate, own and lease, either in the capacity of lessor, lessee,
sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, sewerage treatment works,
including works for the treating and disposing of industrial waste,
in and for the Township of Bethel, Delaware County, and such other
territory as it may be authorized to serve, and shall exercise all
of the powers granted to an authority organized for such purpose by
the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 under which it is organized.
The proper officers of the Township of Bethel, Delaware County,
hereby are authorized and directed to execute said Articles of Incorporation
on behalf of said Township, and the Secretary is authorized and directed
to affix thereto the seal of the Township and to attest the same,
cause a notice of intention to file said Articles of Incorporation
to be published as required by law, and to file said Articles of Incorporation,
together with a certified copy of this ordinance[1] and required proofs of publication, with the Secretary
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to do, execute and perform
any and all acts and things necessary or appropriate to effect and
establish said Bethel Township, Delaware County, Sewer Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: "This ordinance" refers to Ord. No. 50.
